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Friday, 22 December 2017

Thanks to Virus Bulletin for giving a chance to talk about the most destructive attacks this year.

"(In)security is a global problem that affects every country in the world, but in recent years, none has been as badly hit as Ukraine.The most well known malware that affected the country is (Not)Petya, a ransomware/wiper threat that had global impact (it cost shipping firm Maersk alone $300m in lost revenues), but which hit Ukrainian businesses particularly hard. The malware spread through a compromised update pushed out by M.E.Doc's tax accounting software, which is popular in the country.
In a VB2017 presentation, NioGuard's Alexander Adamov, himself based in Ukraine, discussed how (Not)Petya and related attacks worked and what impact they had. We have now uploaded the video of his presentation to our YouTube channel."